“Nymphin’ NORM” has nothing against dry flies. If there’s a mayfly hatch on, he’ll float a dry. But, says the West Hills angler, “when I want to catch fish, I go nymphing.” Norm Strieck acquired his ...

What flies are working? This is the question that you hear most on the stream, talking to other anglers and definitely in every fly shop. The answer is not an easy one, as it changes month to month, ...

I have been thinking about Mom. Days on the calendar keep getting crossed off. Mother’s Day is rapidly approaching. My gaze falls over the river. A small moth bounces across the water. Closer ...

If you’re sick and tired of fishing tiny midges, things are looking up for the visually-challenged angler in the coming weeks! Winter will (hopefully) rear its head a few more times before “real ...

There are thousands of individual fly patterns designed just for catching trout and thousands more created to catch different species of fish. All of these different types, sizes, colors and styles of ...

Crawling along the world’s river bottoms, the larvae of the caddis fly suffer a perpetual housing crisis. To protect themselves from predators, they gather up sand grains and other sediment and paste ...

Dodging raindrops continues to be the way it is. The bugs are still hatching, but be prepared to change fishing tactics to match the weather. So far, so good on most waters. Pennsylvania Fish and Boat ...

If you are refilling your depleted fly boxes this winter, having all of the usual insects is important – but having the proper fly for each stage of that insect’s life cycle is even more so. Most of ...